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Saturday, August 15, 2009

Allrighty. Let's see how many of these I've read (in green). You know how I love lists. I'll highlight the ones I *want* to read in red.

1. The Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling (all of them! and I want to read them again)2. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee (although I need to re-read it)3. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini (cried the entire last half)4. Bridget Jones's Diary, by Helen Fielding (how have I not read this yet?)5. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen6. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, by Rebecca Wells7. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald8. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams9. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, by Fannie Flagg10. The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver11. The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger12. Life of Pi, by Yann Martel13. The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan14. The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien (and LOTR trilogy... like, a million times)15. The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger16. Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell17. Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett (started it, but did not like it)18. The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien19. Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides20. Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen (started, did not like)21. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain22. The Bean Trees, by Barbara Kingsolver (although I think I started it...)23. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, by Alexander McCall Smith24. The World According to Garp, by John Irving25. Catch-22, by Joseph Heller26. The Prince of Tides, by Pat Conroy27. Like Water for Chocolate, by Laura Esquivel28. The Princess Bride, by William Goldman29. The Accidental Tourist, by Anne Tyler30. Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer (all four)31. A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole32. East of Eden, by John Steinbeck (although I might have read it long ago...)33. The Red Tent, by Anita Diamant34. Beach Music, by Pat Conroy35. One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez36. Rebecca, by Daphne Du Maurier 37. Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card38. Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry (and the sequel)39. The Thorn Birds, by Colleen McCullough (might be fun to re-read)40. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon41. Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett42. Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy (currently reading)43. Interview with the Vampire, by Anne Rice (and about a million others by her)44. Cold Mountain, by Charles Frazier (started, not into it)45. Empire Falls, by Richard Russo46. Under the Tuscan Sun, by Frances Mayes47. The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas48. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, by Tom Robbins49. I Know This Much Is True, by Wally Lamb50. Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie51. Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott52. The Stand, by Stephen King53. She's Come Undone, by Wally Lamb (although I sort of hated it)54. Dune, by Frank Herbert55. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows56. Love in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez57. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll58. Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov59. The Godfather, by Mario Puzo (ooh! Is this what the movie was based on?? Must read!)60. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith61. Animal Dreams, by Barbara Kingsolver62. Jaws, by Peter Benchley (I started this a million times when I was a kid)63. Good in Bed, by Jennifer Weiner64. Angle of Repose, by Wallace Stegner65. Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson (started, not into it)66. The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway67. The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand68. Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt Vonnegut69. Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut70. The Big Sleep, by Raymond Chandler71. The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway72. The Hunt for Red October, by Tom Clancy73. Cold Sassy Tree, by Olive Ann Burns74. The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding74. Bonfire of the Vanities, by Tom Wolfe (I used to have this... hmm...)76. Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte77. Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon78. The Shell Seekers, by Rosamunde Pilcher79. Prodigal Summer, by Barbara Kingsolver 80. Eye of the Needle, by Ken Follett81. Cannery Row, by John Steinbeck82. The Pilot's Wife, by Anita Shreve [tie]83. All the Pretty Horses, by Cormac McCarthy84. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson85. The Little Prince, by Antoine De Saint-Exupery86. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy87. One for the Money, by Janet Evanovich88. Shogun, by James Clavell89. Dracula, by Bram Stoker90. The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera91. Presumed Innocent, by Scott Turow92. Franny and Zooey, by J.D. Salinger (however, do not even remember it)93. The Secret History, by Donna Tartt 94. Dead Until Dark, by Charlaine Harris (started, did not like)95. Summer Sisters, by Judy Blume96. The Shining, by Stephen King97. How Stella Got Her Groove Back, by Terry McMillan98. Lamb, by Christopher Moore99. Sick Puppy, by Carl Hiaasen100. Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson

So, I have read 62 (or so) out of 100 (more, if you count all the books in the series mentioned). Still, room for improvement. I really enjoyed most of the books I've read on this list, so I'll pick out a few more off of it for my library trip today. Hmm. I will report back.

7 comments:

why did you hate She's Come Undone? I ask because I read it a long time ago (maybe ten years ago) and i just remember it really bumming me out, although i only vaguely remember the book itself. also, i was already sort of depressed at the time so maybe i just equate the book with that time in my life.

Tammie: I don't really remember why i hated She's Come Undone, except I remember thinking the main character was really annoying, and I was totally depressed by the end. I have subsequently been highly annoyed by people saying it's "one of the best books I ever read" for some unknown reason. Victim-y main character, bad things happen to her... I didn't and don't get it. However, to be honest, i can barely remember it now, maybe I'd feel differently (probably not -- this kind of book invariably puts me in a bad mood)

I *loved* Time Traveler's Wife, and yeah, the movie reviews sound bad. But the book was very good and very clever. It took me until after the first chapter to really understand what was happening, but over time the book unfolds into something really amazing (I thought). Here is my review from last year: http://never-travelled.blogspot.com/2008/06/book-time-travelers-wife.html

the second i read "victim-y main character" a lot of the book came back to me, and yeah there was a lot about it that i just didnt get. i remember thinking that so many of the problems of the main character seemed to be of her own making. i was relieved to read that the book left you totally depressed. i always thought it was just me and i was missing something that other people were clearly getting out of the book.

im off to read your review of the time travellers wife. i was hoping you had written about it here but was too lazy to look through your book archives myself. :)

These are supposed to be beach reads? Can you imagine reading The Fountainhead on the beach??!! Or Anna Karenina or East of Eden?? There's quite a few that I wouldn't pick to read on the beach! I, too might have to steal this list. It's a fun list (maybe just not entirely beach appropriate!).